Second-Wave Black Metal – Page 24

Verheerer – Maltrér (Review)

Verheerer are a German black metal band and this is their debut album.

Here we have 49 minutes of black metal that’s both obscure and creative. Continue reading “Verheerer – Maltrér (Review)”

Funeral Winds – Sinister Creed (Review)

This is the fourth album from Funeral Winds, a black metal band from the Netherlands.

This is black metal played in the classic style; hateful, raging, and full of the fire and fury of the second wave. Continue reading “Funeral Winds – Sinister Creed (Review)”

Arkheth – 12 Winter Moons Comes the Witches Brew (Review)

Arkheth is an Australian one-man black metal band and this is his third album.

12 Winter Moons Comes the Witches Brew is an experimental black metal release that takes a multitude of styles and influences and boils them all together into 41 minutes of very enjoyable music. Continue reading “Arkheth – 12 Winter Moons Comes the Witches Brew (Review)”

Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse (Review)

This is the sixth album from Swedish black metallers Watain.

Trident Wolf Eclipse sees a stripped back Watain, with only the most lethal and virulent parts exposed to the world. This album finds the band lean, raw, and hungry for blood. Continue reading “Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse (Review)”

The Stone – Teatar Apsurda (Review)

The Stone are a Serbian black metal band and this is their eighth album.

After an enjoyable 2014 release in Nekroza, The Stone are now back with a further 49 minutes of aggressive black metal. The Stone prefer their black metal dark and sinister, with an atmospheric component that works really well; this album is a great addition to their discography. Continue reading “The Stone – Teatar Apsurda (Review)”

Grafvitnir – Keys to the Mysteries Beyond (Review)

This is the fifth album from Swedish black metallers Grafvitnir.

It seems like only yesterday that Grafvitnir were slicing us up with the sharp, cold black metal of Obeisance to a Witch Moon, and in truth it’s been almost a full year to the day between release dates. Clearly Grafvitnir are not interested in resting on their laurels. Continue reading “Grafvitnir – Keys to the Mysteries Beyond (Review)”

Perdition Winds – Transcendent Emptiness (Review)

Perdition Winds are a black metal band from Finland and this is their second album.

Featuring members of Desolate Shrine, Lie in Ruins, Sargeist, and Corpsessed, this is the follow up to 2014’s enjoyable Aura of Suffering. Continue reading “Perdition Winds – Transcendent Emptiness (Review)”

Revenge Prevails – False Hope Cruelty (Review)

This is the second album from Swedish black/death metal band Revenge Prevails.

This is a band that takes a sturdy, Satyricon-esque second wave foundation and builds on it with some solid death metal bricks. Continue reading “Revenge Prevails – False Hope Cruelty (Review)”

Insanity Cult/Isolert – Towards the Great Dissolution – Split (Review)

This is a split between Greek black metallers Insanity Cult and Isolert.

Starting off with Insanity Cult – who we know from 2015’s As My End Unfolds… – the split gets off to a strong start with Thorns of Solitude, which is five minutes of raw, traditional, second wave-influenced black metal. Continue reading “Insanity Cult/Isolert – Towards the Great Dissolution – Split (Review)”

Scour – Red (Review)

This is the latest EP from US black metal band Scour.

Containing members and ex-members of bands such as Pig Destroyer, Decrepit Birth, Cattle Decapitation, Down, Pantera, Misery Index, and many, many others, before you even listen to this you know that a lot of experience has gone into it. Continue reading “Scour – Red (Review)”